Quote:
Originally Posted by gideongallery
standard oil didn't completely shut out the competing gas stations they only short supplied them, you could still get gas at all those stations (they just ran out).
so the fact that you could get the same exact gas from the non standard oil gas stations doesn't invalid the anti trust nature of standard oils short supplying them.
But a complete out right ban of a particular version of content is not
how fucking stupid are you.
it exactly the same action, the record company is choosing one provider over another in the DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL. That medium selection period. two companies are colluding together to extend one monopoly (copyright or oil) into another market (streaming video distribution or gasoline).
|
Did you read what you just wrote. You said it yourself. Standard gas SHORTED other gas stations that were not their preferred providers so they ran out. It appears they also charged different prices for the same product to different people because they were the only option available and he only company that sold oil in that area.
That is not what is happening here. Here you can get the full Taylor Swift album anywhere. But the one that they have at Target has a little bit more on it. nobody is being shorted. The normal version is available to anyone and everyone, a limited edition version is the one that is available at Target. It's not as if Swift refused to supply any records or only a tiny amount to one chain in order to force you to go to Target and buy the more expensive deluxe edition.